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The word 'sympathetic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sympatheticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sympathetic in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r noddit an made aa the richt sympathetic souns. on page 49
Stevie, sounin a bittie mair sympathetic. on page 54
An it wisna like Ah hidna bin sympathetic - Ah'd listened an listened on page 77

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ye'r nae affa sympathetic." Archie leukit rale teen aba on page 15
he back o er han an gied er a sympathetic leuk. "Ah dinna ken foo you a on page 20

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r surprise they listened wi a sympathetic ear. Permission wiz granted a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
allader,' he said, gien her a sympathetic look, 'an we've nae option no on page 44

1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
ma mither jist stood thaur aa sympathetic, erms foldit, tellin her tae on page 13

1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
sympathetic to apathy's cause
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ey erupted in gales o’ semi-sympathetic laughter. A believe that Angi
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
are Tibetan, and the rest are sympathetic - or they can be bribed.”
uin.” His voice became mair sympathetic. “Gin ye’d been leeterate
2 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ars a heavy black dress and a sympathetic look on her coupon. The sight on page 22

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sympathetic that's hou it wirks on page 39

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
this order, for a wheen were sympathetic tae the Cause. Sae in Januar on page 33
mitherless bairn. That he wis sympathetic tae the Covenant there wis na on page 41
wellins o gentlemen an lairds sympathetic tae the Covenant, they ett an on page 58

3 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
kness and numbness and guilt, sympathetic tae apathy's cause, on page 92

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
I am sympathetic tae explorin that, as it wuid on page 18

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
buik, mensefou, objective yet sympathetic, an giein tae the subjeck the on page 132

1 matches

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